Reviews
All You Need is Death
All You Need is Death is the first cinematic soundtrack from Lankum’s Ian Lynch. The film of the same name...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2024
Festival Jump-Up
Now, the first CD here is something of a revelation, containing as it does the first ever reissue of Lord...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2020
La Grande Folie
It's been a long time coming – since school days, one could say – and the speakers positively burst with...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2021
Fifty Verses
In 2010 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (winners of Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards) found life on their...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
Reflections of Palestine
One of the good news stories to come out of the despair of the first Intifada was how music guided...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2012
African Rhythms 1970-1982
Oneness of Juju, led by James ‘Plunky’ Branch, were one of the first US bands to incorporate elements of African...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2020
20 Sonneurs In C
Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ is one of the early landmarks of American minimalism, composed in 1964 and first performed on...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2024
Tooth & Nail
When you’re used to hearing Barking¬born Billy tetchily dissecting the state of the British nation in his sardonic foghorn of...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2013
Andalussyat
Françoise Atlan & l’Orchestre Arabo-Andalou de Fès
French-born of North African Jewish parents, Françoise Atlan was one of the first singers to explore the Andalusian repertoire shared...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2022
Unknown Waters
Though they may have ventured into the southern flatlands of England, the folk duo Megson has always remained close to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2022
